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China Blocks WhatsApp, Broadening Online Censorship
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 25.9.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | censorship, threat, WhatsApp
Summary | The messaging app WhatsApp has been blocked in China. WhatsApp -which is owned by Facebook- was the last of Facebook products available in China. Indeed, both Facebook and Instagram are unavailable in China. To block the messaging app WhatsApp, the Chinese government may have created a special system that can intercept WhatsApp messages. Because of censorship in China, users have to turn to other messaging apps that can be easily controlled by the Chinese government (e.g. WeChat). When WhatsApp was blocked, many Chinese users complained.
Image Description | Photograph of a man staring at his phone.
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone
Muslims should take to Facebook to condemn extremism, retired police chief suggests
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 13.6.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | Facebook, social media, threat, WhatsApp
Summary | A former police chief said that Muslims should use social media such as Facebook and WhatsApp to let everyone know how they feel about terrorism (i.e. that they denounce it). It seems that people don't believe Imams anymore, so Muslims should start a social media call to action.
Image Description | Two photographs of Mak Chishty (former police chief), white van used for the London Bridge attacks, and a group of men.
Image Tags | male(s)
Mother's horror after sick perverts target her six-year-old daughter through online gaming app for young children
Newspaper | Mirror
Date | 26.1.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | childhood, game, pornography, privacy, threat
Summary | Using a popular mobile gaming app (Roblox), perverts have been sending kids explicit and inappropriate messages. They've been trying to lure kids and ask them for their addresses. Jemma Casey is the mother of 6-year old Morgan, who was sent indecent messages. Other children have also been targeted.
Image Description | Photograph of a mom and her daughter, screenshots of inappropriate messages, and photograph of a mom and her son.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), text
A hunt for militants at a key location: the Internet
Newspaper | Los Angeles Times
Date | 6.5.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | Facebook, law, texting, threat, Twitter, WhatsApp, YouTube
Summary | The EU's police organization as well as the US government are targeting IS material online in their battle against terrorism. Attempts to intercept communication via encrypted instant messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram have failed. The IS also uploads video and other content to YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. These social media platforms report to have deleted hundreds of thousands of entries linken to the IS.
Image Description | Portrait of a high profile IS member.
Image Tags | male(s)
Daily Report: Facebook Struggles With Being Responsible
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 18.4.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | artificial intelligence, Facebook, law, pornography, threat
Summary | Facebook and other social media have a huge problem with inappropriate or criminal content being posted to their platforms. Recently, a man in Ohio posted a video to Facebook of him shooting and killing a man. It took Facebook two hours to take it down. So far, artificial intelligence algorithms have been very successful in detecting nudity/pornography and blocking it but finding violent content is still very much dependent on user action.
Image Description | Getty image of Mark Zuckerberg biting his lips.
Image Tags | Facebook, male(s)
As Elites Switch to Texting, Watchdogs Fear Loss of Transparency
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 6.7.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | law, politics, privacy, threat, WhatsApp
Summary | The powerful elites are using the end-to-end-encrypted WhatsApp to communicate sensitive information. Such strategies are adopted by politicians, high-profile representatives of major companies, and Wallstreet banker. The latter are lawfully obligated to save all communications for possible inspection but WhatsApp enables them to escape that law.
Image Description | Image of a man talking on the phone and another man reading some paperwork.
Image Tags | male(s), smartphone
Rumors on WhatsApp Ignite 2 Mob Attacks in India, Killing 7
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 25.5.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | fake news, law, threat, WhatsApp
Summary | In India, a piece of fake news has spread on WhatsApp. It said that a number of children were abducted in the region. Promptly, a mob has formed of over twenty people hunting down the alleged child abducters and murdering them. The police had however not recorded any cases of child abduction in the area.
Image Description | Image of people burying the dead after a mob attack.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s)
"Mit 5G erreichen wir die Geschwindigkeit unserer Nervengefäße"
("With 5G we'll achieve the speed of our nerve tracts")
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 25.2.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | marketing, smartphone, texting, WhatsApp
Summary | Mobile service providers in Germany have to change their marketing strategies because the market is changing. Fewer people are sending traditional SMS text messages and more people use WhatsApp or similar instant messaging services. Now, mobile service providers have to put everything on the resources they still control: mobile data. They are working on faster mobile data connections (5G).
Image Description | Portrait of the interviewee (Vodafone director).
Image Tags | male(s)
«Le mobile est le meilleur ami des Milléniums»
("Mobile phone is Millennials' best friend")
Newspaper | 24 heures
Date | 16.3.2017
Language | French
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | addiction, pornography, smartphone, youth
Summary | Céline Cabourg and Boris Manenti answer some questions related to Millennials and their digital world. They say that today, the gap between teenagers and adults is getting more important. For instance, one teenager told Manenti that adults have different Facebook profiles; they only post pictures of their family and their vacation. In sum, they don't use social media the same way as young people. Moreover, teenagers view their smartphone as their best friend and not as a tool. What about "You Porn Generation"? It is true that children as young as 10 can have access to porn. Parents have an important role to play in their relationship with their children, and they should have open discussions with them.
Image Description | Photograph of three teenagers (one girl and two boys) on their smartphones
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone
Controversial rights group teaches young Muslims how spies monitor social media
Newspaper | Telegraph
Date | 29.4.2017
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | privacy, threat, WhatsApp
Summary | A dubious organization is teaching young muslims in the UK how authorities can spy on their digital communications. Government authorities are eager to intercept instant messaging communication to be able to avoid terrorist attacks but companies such as WhatsApp and Telegram are making their services encrypted and refuse to aid the government in their surveillance endeavors.
Image Description | Image of a screen close-up showing the WhatsApp and Facebook icon, portraits of dead terrorist attackers (once with a balaclava), and a Getty image of the GCHQ director (UK intelligence organization?).
Image Tags | Facebook, logo, male(s), WhatsApp
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